On October 26 morning, Dong Nai Department of Labors, War Invalids and Social Affairs held a seminar on experience exchange in social evils prevention. The seminar mentioned such contents as: raising the effectiveness of managing those who have given up drug addiction; effectively deploying circulars and decrees on building healthy communes and wards without social evils; and exchanging experience in social evils preventions. Delegates attend the seminar … [Read more...] about Seminar on experience exchange in social evils prevention
Social evils prevention
Training in social evils prevention and combat
On November 25 morning, Dong Nai Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs held a conference to deploy the degree and circulars on guiding the implementation of the family-based and community-based rehabilitation for drug addicts. The event was attended by the officials who are in charge of social evils prevention and combat; leaders of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Department; and the specialized public security force in Bien Hoa City, towns and districts. The conference's view … [Read more...] about Training in social evils prevention and combat
Hanoi’s social evil prevention results has not fully succeeded
The assessment was released at a meeting held by the city's department for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention about drug and prostitution prevention work in Hanoi during the first quarter of 2007 on March 28 in Hanoi. According to the latest statistics, the city has 18,219 addicts, of whom 8,109 are in the community, 6,322 in rehabilitation centers and 3,008 in prisons. Crime and drug evils in Hanoi has been curbed, complex places have not arisen but there is a large number of drug users in the community, therefore, retailing drugs is still very complicated, with sophisticated tricks. Using narcotics in places providing services has been reduced and tended to move to suburban areas. Meanwhile, drug prevention work only reached over 21 percent of the set target over the past three months. Voluntary social activists and youth at grassroots levels have not been brought into full play. In addition, prostitution prevention attained low effectiveness. Moreover, taking drug users to … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s social evil prevention results has not fully succeeded
Fight against social evils seen as weak
Fight against social evils seen as weak (25-02-2009) Former heroin addicts are assigned to work in a rehabilitation centre in the southern province of Binh Phuoc. — VNA/VNS Photo The Anh HA NOI — The campaign against drugs, trafficking and prostitution was ineffective in many areas of Viet Nam where it was just being carried out on the surface with little results, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Department of Social Evil Prevention Deputy Chief Le Duc Hien said yesterday. Many detoxification centres were only able to receive 20-40 per cent of addicts taken there for treatment, Hien said. About 40 per cent did not have enough materials to ensure the detoxification process and organise cultural activities, vocational training and job generation. Speaking at a recent conference to review last year's results of preventing prostitution and drug use and to improve detoxification, Hien said the situation was complicated and unpredictable and would … [Read more...] about Fight against social evils seen as weak
Pre-summation Meeting about Inter-Agency Social Evil Prevention and Combat Activities in First Half of 2011
On the morning of July 1, Dong Nai Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs held a pre-summation meeting to assess: - Periodical cooperation programs in the fields of culture, music performance, sports, medical examination, and security and order with Dong Nai Center for Social and Labor Education. - Inter-agency plan no. 178 to call for the whole community to participate in the campaigns that help drug addicts to combat addiction and post-detoxification addicts to reintegrate with the community in the first half of 2011. … [Read more...] about Pre-summation Meeting about Inter-Agency Social Evil Prevention and Combat Activities in First Half of 2011